TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO may unleash torrential rainfall and dangerous winds according to forecasters. But what is the latest on the tropical disturbance?

A tropical system churning across the Atlantic Ocean close to the Bahamas which was last week ransacked by Hurricane Dorian, which left at least 50 people dead, could be headed straight for Florida and Alabama. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts a chance of heavy rainfall and gusty winds to hit the region during the weekend. It is one of three tropical storms forecasters are tracking and has the best chance of developing and now the areas, which experienced extensive damage after Dorian slammed the region, are on alert for the next storm that is heading that way. But what do the latest NOAA charts and maps reveal about tropical storm Humberto?

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Forecasters say there could be plenty more storms during the remainder of the hurricane season.

Widespread cloudiness and thunderstorm activity is continuing to flare up over the southeastern Bahamas, north of Haiti, which is associated with a surface trough of low pressure.

It will over northwards over the next few days, travelling alongside areas devastated by Dorian on Friday, potentially unleashing one to three inches of rainfall on the Grand Bahama and Abaco islands as it passes.

From there, the disturbance will hit Florida late this week through early Saturday, crossing the peninsula and dropping up to several inches of rain, before potentially re-emerging into the gulf.

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Tropical Storm Humberto path: A tropical storm could form this weekend over the US (Image: THE WEATHER CHANNEL)

The advisory reads: “Satellite images indicate that the area of disturbed weather over the central and southeastern Bahamas is gradually becoming better organised while surface pressures are falling in the area.

"Conditions are becoming favorable for a tropical depression or a tropical storm to form within the next day or so as the system moves toward the northwest through the northwestern Bahamas and toward the Florida Peninsula at 5 to 10 mph.

"If this development trend continues Potential Tropical Cyclone advisories will likely be initiated later today.

"This disturbance will bring heavy rainfall and gusty winds across portions of the Bahamas through Friday, especially in portions of the northwestern Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian.

"An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft is scheduled to investigate the system this afternoon, if necessary."

The latest tropical storm to dissipate was Tropical Storm Gabriella, which means the next storm, which is the eighth of the season, will be called Humberto.

The extent to which a disturbance develops is not certain, but given the short window of its lifetime, it the chances of it reaching hurricane strength are very low.

Tropical Storm Humberto path: The tropical disturbances currently in the Atlantic (Image: NOAA)

Instead, it is thought to be a system which delivers torrential rainfall which drenches Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama between Sunday and Tuesday.

The centre of the storm is expected to inundate areas with up to six inches of rainfall.

But for some in Alabama, the rainfall is a welcome relief, with a quarter of the state having experienced drought recently.